Singh Saab the Great
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| Directed by | Anil Sharma |
| Written by | Shaktimaan Talwar |
| Produced by | Anuj Sharma Sangeeta Ahir |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Urvashi Rautela Prakash Raj Amrita Rao |
| Cinematography | S. Gopinath |
| Edited by | Ashfaque Makrani |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand Sonu Nigam |
| Distributed by | Eros International |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi[1] |
| Box office | ₹360 million[2] |
Singh Saab the Great, sometimes called SSTG, is a 2013 Indian action drama film directed by Anil Sharma. The film stars Sunny Deol, Amrita Rao, Urvashi Rautela and Prakash Raj as main characters. The film marks the return of Sunny Deol to action genre after a long time. Also, Deol and Sharma paired up once again after Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. The film narrates the story of a man who decides to teach a lesson to the man, who ruined his life, by reforming him. The film's story and screenplay has been written by Shaktimaan Talwar, and the action sequences have been directed by Tinu Verna and Kanal Kannan. The music has been provided by Anand Raj Anand and Sonu Nigam. The film released officially on 21 November 2013.[3]
Cast
- Sunny Deol as Saranjeet Talwar
- Amrita Rao as Shikha Chaturvedi
- Urvashi Rautela as Minnie
- Prakash Raj as Bhoodev
- Anjali Abrol as Simar / Guddie
- Johny Lever as Gulwinder
- Rajit Kapur as Jailer
- Dharmendra Guest Appearance in song "Daaru Band Kal Se"
- Bobby Deol Guest Appearance in song "Daaru Band Kal Se"
- Simran Khan item song "Khaike Palang Todh Pan"
- Shahbaz Khan as Jata Singh
- Raj Premi as Sultan
- Alan Kapoor as Ashwini
- Dr. Anukool Jain as Press Reporter
Plot summary
Singh Saab the Great follows Saranjeet Singh 'Sunny' a simple man who loves his family and values truth and believes in its triumphs. He has lived his life endorsing the good and its strength over evil. The corruption, injustice, confusion due to inefficient system in the society has always bothered him since his childhood and so he has become a collector so that he can bring in the change in the society and put things in order. But life takes its turns and he pays the price for doing no harm to anyone individually but for standing up for honesty. His life goes hay wire as he has to choose between his wife and his belief system.
He loses his wife even after he helplessly decides to compromise with his values. This is killing him inside. Revenge is all he is thinking of. He ends up in jail. Amidst all this turbulence he meets an old time friend who comes to the same jail as the jailor. A small conversation with him makes him realize that his fight is not against an individual but against a big whole part of the society today who, blinded by selfishness, have lost the difference between the right and wrong.
This changes Singh's thought process and he decides to bring in the change instead of taking revenge. In this campaign of his he is supported selflessly by a crime journalist, Shikha, who has utmost respect for him. Through this movie, we are trying to spread the message that 'Change Is Always Better Than Revenge'. ('Badla nahin, badlaav'). Through the protagonist of the story, Sunny, we are trying to make viewers/audience realize that 'World suffers a lot, not because of bad people's violence; but because of good people's silence..' The common men, when united are neither common nor helpless. Singh uses this as his strength and starts his fight against the corruption, injustice, bad and wrongs and ultimately wins one battle, and moves on to another city which needs someone to make common men realize their strength.[citation needed]
Music
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The soundtrack album was composed by the music director Anand Raj Anand and Sonu Nigam composed the title track of the movie while the lyrics were penned by Kumaar. The music was launched on 29 Oct 2013. The album contains six songs.
| Track # | Title | Composer | Lyrics | Singer(s) |
| 1 | "Singh Saab The Great" | Sonu Nigam | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam, Teesha Nigam |
| 2 | "Daaru Band Kal Se" | Anand Raj Anand | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam |
| 3 | "Palang Todh" | Anand Raj Anand | Kumaar | Sunidhi Chauhan, Anand Raj Anand |
| 4 | "Jab Mehndi Lag Lag Jaave" | Anand Raj Anand | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal |
| 5 | "Daaru Band Kal Se (Remix)" | Anand Raj Anand | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam |
| 6 | "Heer" | Anand Raj Anand | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam |
Deleted scenes
The day after the film's release, love scenes between Urvashi Rautela and Sunny Deol were edited out by the presenter, Jayantilal Gada of Pen Pvt. Ltd, who stated "The 57-year-old Sunny and the 19-year-old Urvashi were a complete mismatch and their scenes together affected the film's flow. But it was edited by Anil [Sharma] only."[4]
Critical response
Singh Saab The Great received mostly positive reviews from critics.
NDTV rated the movie as 3.5/5 stars, saying "There is a virility and fluency to the storytelling. Singh Saab The Great is a homage to the cinema of the 1980s when Sunny was macho."[5]
Filmfare gave the film 4/5 stars, saying "SSTG is a mass entertainer. It's a Sunny Deol vehicle. Sunny Paaji is obviously on top of this game. His comedy punches, stirring Punjabi dialogues are all over top but perfectly suitable in context of film".[6]
The Times of India gave movie 3/5 stars, stating "Like all films that talk of reforming society, Anil Sharma's Singh Saab the Great has its heart in the correct place. Sunny Deol's earnestness shines, throughout the duration of this melodrama".[7] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave a 3.5/5 star rating and wrote "Singh Saab the Great is a typical Sunny Deol film that a section of the audience still enjoys. The clapworthy dialogue, the raw appeal, the undercurrent of emotions and of course, the dhaai kilo ka haath should appeal to those who relish desi fares, especially the single screen audience".[8]
Box office
The film's two-week box office collections totaled approximately ₹ 360 million over a 300 million budget.Thus,the film is a plus affair at the box office.[2][9] [10]
See also
References
- ^ "SINGH SAAB THE GREAT Main language- Hindi". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b Team, Koimoi.com (17 June 2016). "Singh Saab The Great: 2nd Week Box Office Collections". koimoi.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/549451
- ^ Thakkar, Mehul S. (3 December 2013). "Sunny's love scenes axed". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ Subhash K Jha (22 November 2013). "Singh Saab The Great movie review". NDTV. Indo-Asian News Service. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013.
- ^ http://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-singh-saab-the-great-4747.html
- ^ "Singh Saab The Great movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Singh Saab The Great (2013) | Hindi Movie Critic Review By Taran Adarsh". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/549451
- ^ http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/with-singh-sahab-the-great-sunny-deol-is-back-with-a-bang/1200624/